2019 Buffalo Bandits season

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2019 season is their 28th season in the NLL

2019 Buffalo Bandits
East Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st East
2019 record	14–4
Home record	7–2
Road record	7–2
Goals for	244
Goals against	186
General Manager	Steve Dietrich
Coach	John Tavares Rich Kilgour
Captain	Steve Priolo
Arena	KeyBank Center
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Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	244	186	+58	13.56	10.33
2	Georgia Swarm – x	18	12	6	.667	2.0	7–2	5–4	230	210	+20	12.78	11.67
3	Toronto Rock – x	18	12	6	.667	2.0	8–1	4–5	213	207	+6	11.83	11.50
4	New England Black Wolves – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	7–2	2–7	213	223	-10	11.83	12.39
5	Rochester Knighthawks	18	6	12	.333	8.0	4–5	2–7	212	226	-14	11.78	12.56
6	Philadelphia Wings	18	4	14	.222	10.0	3–6	1–8	218	246	-28	12.11	13.67

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush – xy	18	11	7	.611	0.0	7–2	4–5	222	202	+20	12.33	11.22
2	San Diego Seals – x	18	10	8	.556	1.0	6–3	4–5	208	217	-9	11.56	12.06
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	10	8	.556	1.0	5–4	5–4	212	201	+11	11.78	11.17
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	6	12	.333	5.0	3–6	3–6	181	193	-12	10.06	10.72
5	Vancouver Warriors	18	5	13	.278	6.0	3–6	2–7	179	221	-42	9.94	12.28

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 15, 2018	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	W 17–15		11,023	1–0
2	December 21, 2018	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	L 12–17		10,370	1–1
3	December 28, 2018	Vancouver Warriors	KeyBank Center	W 16–10		12,005	2–1
4	January 5, 2019	Rochester Knighthawks	KeyBank Center	W 13–4		12,480	3–1
5	January 19, 2019	Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	KeyBank Center	W 14–10		10,509	4–1
6	January 26, 2019	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 13–18		8,337	4–2
7	January 27, 2019	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 15–5		5,098	5–2
8	February 2, 2019	Colorado Mammoth	KeyBank Center	W 15–12		10,766	6–2
9	February 9, 2019	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	W 19–9		7,767	7–2
10	February 16, 2019	Calgary Roughnecks	KeyBank Center	W 12–10		13,085	8–2
11	February 22, 2019	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–9		6,672	9–2
12	March 8, 2019	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	W 12–11	OT	10,805	10–2
13	March 9, 2019	Georgia Swarm	KeyBank Center	L 9–14		15,061	10–3
14	March 16, 2019	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	W 12–11	OT	13,291	11–3
15	March 23, 2019	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	W 8–6		16,580	12–3
16	April 5, 2019	@ Toronto Rock	Scotiabank Arena	L 11–12	OT	9,565	12–4
17	April 20, 2019	New England Black Wolves	KeyBank Center	W 12–6		16,559	13–4
18	April 27, 2019	@ San Diego Seals	Valley View Casino Center	W 18–7		8,357	14–4

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Eastern division semi-Final	May 4, 2019	New England Black Wolves	KeyBank Center	W 13–6		11,776	1–0
Eastern division Final	May 11, 2019	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	W 12–8			2–0
NLL Final (game 1)	May 18, 2019	Calgary Roughnecks	KeyBank Center	L 7–10			2–1
NLL Final (game 2)	May 25, 2019	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 13–14			2–2

Roster

Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 33 Zach Higgins 48 Matt Vinc Defensemen  7 Bryce Sweeting 12 Mitch de Snoo 19 Matthew Bennett 20 Nick Weiss 21 Justin Martin 23 Steve Priolo (C) 25 Matt Spanger 94 Ryan Wagner		Forwards 22 Josh Byrne 45 Corey Small 78 Jordan Durston 91 Thomas Hoggarth 92 Dhane Smith 95 Chase Fraser Transition  4 Ian MacKay  8 Kevin Brownell 37 Ethan O’Connor 81 Matt Gilray		Practice Squad    Dallas Bridle 71 Zach Herreweyers    Devlin Shanahan Injured Reserve  9 Mark Steenhuis    Jon Harnett		Head Coach John Tavares Assistant Coaches Anthony Cosmo Dave Pym Rusty Kruger Equipment Manager Ted Cordingley Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2019-01-06 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2018 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 25, 2018.[3] The Bandits made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	3	Matt Gilray
1	4	Ian MacKay
4	43	Devlin Shanahan

See also

• 2019 NLL season

References

1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
2. "2017 schedule". Bandits.com. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
3. "2018 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 25, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2015.